McCain, Rubio Back Up Hillary Clinton's Putin-Nazi Comparison
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Source: TPM
CATHERINE THOMPSON MARCH 5, 2014, 2:31 PM EST
Hillary Clinton's reported comments comparing Russian President Vladimir Putin's maneuvers to the Nazi regime earned her some unlikely praise.
"Now if this sounds familiar, its what Hitler did back in the 30s," Clinton said Tuesday night at a fundraising event, as quoted by the Long Beach Press-Telegram. "All the Germans that were ... the ethnic Germans, the Germans by ancestry who were in places like Czechoslovakia and Romania and other places, Hitler kept saying theyre not being treated right. I must go and protect my people and thats whats gotten everybody so nervous."
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), who criticized President Barack Obama's foreign policy for fomenting the crisis in Ukraine, tweeted his approval on Wednesday:
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She's right on this comparison: "Hillary Clinton compares Putin actions in Ukraine to Adolf Hitlers in Nazi Germany"
11:58 AM - 5 Mar 2014
He elaborated on Clinton's remarks to the Washington Post, saying he was "pleased" she commented on the matter.
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pacerbluedrum1949
(14 posts)And she voted for the war in Iraq gambling for the first in history Republicans would be right . This is in my opinion is 6 year old behavior yes Putin is not a good person but to call him Hitler REALLY MS Clinton what does it prove except that two idiots were pleased that you sounded like an idiot.
freebrew
(1,917 posts)I would be doing some serious soul-searching.
Wilms
(26,795 posts)Beacool
(30,253 posts)But the senator also said that Clinton shares the blame with other administration officials for allowing the U.S. relationship with Russia to deteriorate. The whole administration deserves blame, everybody, for the weakness and total misperception of the nature of Vladimir Putin. And pushing the reset button is certainly a graphic demonstration of that, he said.
What did he expect the administration to do, march to Moscow?
Enrique
(27,461 posts)not Benghazi?
yurbud
(39,405 posts)yurbud
(39,405 posts)4dsc
(5,787 posts)eom
nilesobek
(1,423 posts)Its good however for a knee jerk response from the flag-waving fearmonger crowd.